Asian longhorned beetle (Anoplophora glabripennis, “ALB”) has once again begun its yearly process of emerging from the trees as fully-developed adult beetles. These wood-boring pests spend much of their life as larvae, developing inside living maple, birch, and other hardwood trees and eating away at the tree’s interior, which ultimately leads to tree death. Once […]
As summer progresses, a familiar site has reappeared in the Worcester area: Asian longhorned beetle traps. In the twelfth year of the ALB Cooperative Eradication Program, it remains critical to survey for the beetle in as many ways possible. ALB has not been found in a trap since 2015. This is a sign of the […]
By now, residents of Massachusetts are quite familiar with the invasive Asian longhorned beetle (Anoplophora glabripennis, “ALB”), first discovered in Worcester in 2008. On June 15th, officials announced that ALB has unfortunately now been found in South Carolina. The beetle was found by a resident in the town of Hollywood (near Charleston) whose son encouraged […]
The Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources has been fielding a lot of emerald ash borer reports recently, perhaps because everyone has been taking time to check their trees while outdoors enjoying the warm weather. Emerald ash borer (Agrilus planipennis, ‘EAB’) is a prolific pest of ash trees that has been in the US since at […]